Delivery mechanism.



l. F.'NILES.

DELIVERY MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2.1912.

1,149,214. PatentedAug. 10,1915.

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1. F. NILES. DELIVERY MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2, 1912.'

1,149,214. Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

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DELIVERY MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2.1912.

Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

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:messia Be it known that LIRVING F.-N1nns,al citizen yof the United?y States,- residing' at Plainfield,vcountyofllnion, and 'State of. New Jersey, have invented certain. new and:

- useful Improvements in 'Delivery Mecha nisms, fully-described andrep'resented inthe following specification and theu accompany` ing drawings, forming a part ofl the same.

rlhis inventionrelates to'jcertain improve n ythe,grlpperson the impression cylinder.

l ments in; deliveries for printingv machines.

l5 p mechanism being so constructedas to avoid smuttingfor blurring the sheetsdurmglthe The inventiony has kfo'rxits ,object to prof; duce an improved delivery mechanismfor machines which print on `sheets'and: in which the sheets are `delivered'.y i'iat, '.said,y deliveryy delivery operation.

.lWith thisand otheil objects'nctspecilically referred to in view, therinvention consists in certain constructions, and in certain is ay side elevation showing a detail.` of

parts, improvements rand vcomloinations as will be hereinafter fully described and their speciicallly pointed out.

Referring to the accompanying drawings FigureV 1 represents the'fside: elevation of the main elements of apnintingnpress rto.

which the improvement isapplied;y Figi@ is a plan View of thel delivery mechanism oonstitutinga part yof the improvement; Fig;

the sheet carrier devices; Fig. lis? a side ele! vation of a detail of'ay chain carrier;` and Fig. 5 is an end elevation of the same.

- Machines embodying the invention` will include `a printing coupley onemember at` least of which is acylinder. yInfthe y'particular machine'selected'tofillustrate the inf vention which, is of the stop cylinder type,`

thev cylinder is indicated kat-"`10^and;the ybed at 11. rlhe operatingmechanism rfor these yparts maybe of the usual type employedin stop cylinder machines andgis .not illus#l trated.' The sheets aredeliveredg to the cylinder, in the particular'machine illustrated, from a feed-board"illustratedat'* 13.? The flat delivery mechanismemployedy in Ina-rn chines embodyingtheinvention will usually be of the fly type. The fly is indicated vat 14 and delivers the sheets flat to azt-able, indicated at 15. The/shaft of theily is provided Wlth a toothed segment 16 Which is operated in an robvious manner from abent segment lever 17 through connections ivhich it is unnecessary' to describe.` r

In machines embodying the invention the attaohed'at one endof the shaft;

.usual type.

construction4 will besuch that the sheet is' n `,speica'cienofreaersratent. Pawnee@ Aug10s 1915i; ApplicatiaanieaMay 2,1912, serialnce'eesa this transferring mechanism may be varied," f 1n the construction illustrated, it' includesr the usual delivery cylinder 18 providedwith grippers,` asy usual, which take the sheets from In the particular, construction shown .the

Y sheetsare delivered by the cylinder 181`to1a conveyer Winch/comprises' .:(seek Fig. 2) a pairof horizontally disposed endless chains 19;L These endless chains areV shown-as mountedon four sprocket vvheelsiZO, 21, kthe Wheels 20 being mounted on a shaft 22 and the Wheels 21 on a shaft 23,y these Vshafts being suitably supportedin bearings arrangedy yunderneat-li the feed-board- The shaft 22 is driven from they cylinder 10 by meansfof ya gear 50k on cylinder 10 meshing With a gear 51 on the delivery cylinder 18, vWhich gear in turn meshes with a gear carried on the shaft 22. The 'chains' supporty a cross' shaft QA anda cross rod 25, theshaftbeing mounted and.r theI rod socketed `in blocks 25 carried by the chains. The shaft supports a" .pair of gripper ng'ers. 27 which coperate with abutments 28 mounted on the rodQ; The gripper shaft is provided With 1a torsion spring :29vvhich yserves to; rockqfthe shaft and hold the grippers closed, the'shaft being rockedto open the 4grippers by an arm' 3() This arm 30 is provided with an offset roller 31 ,fvvhich at the proper time, that is to say, when the grippers are to be opened, strikesqan `anchored arm positioned on the. shaft` 22 before referred to. This armnot onlyopens the grippersQf to release thesheetfas" Will befhereinafter referred to, but also causes they grippers` tok remain open, so that .they take the sheetfrom the grippers 33 on the delivery cylinder, these grippers" being of the It will be understoodl that this, delivery cylinder 18is of the usual skeleton-` typ'e, thatis, it is made ,up ofl'disks' which* arepo'sitioned yso. as to bear ony the'sheet at its center and margins only. y The transferring mechanism, in the par-k ticular machine illustrated, includes a sheet c carrier which, as illustrated,y comprises a pair of tapes 3e arranged to run in a direcy tion opposite to the run of the chains 19.

VVhilekthis may be eiected by any desired means, in the Yparticular Vconstruction illustrated, Vthe shaft 22 Yhas a-'pair of`Y looseV pulleys mounted thereon over which the tapes run, the tapes also running over apair of pulleys 36 whichare fasten the shafti23.

e This shaft 23 maybe driven'in any suitable manner-.f Asshowm'it is provided with a sprocket wheel 37 over which runs a chain 3S, this chain'runningover a sprocket wheel 39. This sprocket'wheel vis connected to a gear 40 meshing with a gear 41, vthis being one ofthe main gears ofthe machine. It

Vwill be observed that thetapes are .so located that the upper runof' the chains overlies the tapes. Stationary guides 42 are or may be provided to insure correct travel of thev i chains. Y

rlhe operationr ofthemechanism willfbe clear from the ldescription before given.-

Thesheets are talren fromV the usual grippers Y on theimpres'sion `cylinder by the grippers on the delivery Cylinder 1S and by them de-Vv veyer.` The sheet is forwarded by theron-V veyer, the grippers of whichhold it by' its forward edge. After the grippers have coin- K- pleted their movement away frointhe cylinder 18 and during the time they are moving toward it, the lower .edge and under side of the sheet is dragging across the carrier tapes, but as the freshlyprinted surfaceof thesheetis uppermost, the sheet is not blurred,r Ars thefgrippers are completing their movement toward `thecylinder 18, they are opened andthe sheetfdrops onto the car- Vio - i 'Y following' sheet.

rier tapes which immediately convey'it over to anddown upon the fly which is then operated to deposit the sheet on the table 15,. ,y

The sheet; may then be removed fromv this table by 'an attendant, or the usualyslip sheetsl inserted to prevent offset against' the vChanges and variations may be` made in the construction bywhich the invention isy carried into eect; The invention claimed,

therefore, isnot toLbe confined to-theparticular construction vdescribed ,andy illustrated? in the accompanying drawings. J

WVhatis claimed is 1f. The Vcombination with a printinglcouple one member ofwhich is a cylinder, of a flat sheet delivery, andjmeans for transferring l Copies ofi'this patent may be obtained for the V:sheets from'the couple tofthe'delivery, said 'means including a f travelingy conveyer Vconstructed'to hold the s'heet by. one edge anda carrierarranged to carry the sheets iiatwise to whichithe conveyer delivers the sheet with itsfreshly lprinted side away from the n carrier.

facing 2. The combination with a printing couple y one member of which ris a cylinder, of .a de'-y livery cylinder fortaking the sheetsY from the cylinder, a carrier arranged to carry the sheets flatwise, a traveling conveyer operat ying to transfer the sheets from the delivery cylinderfto the vcarrier and to-i-turnv them the carrier.

over, 'so that theirfreshly printed surfacesl l will face away from the` carrier, and a at sheet delivery for receiving fthe sheets'rfrom' 70 3; Thefcombinationvwith printingcouple l onemember of which vis Va cylinder, offa. carrier arranged` to lcarry the sheets` flat?` wise,l a flat delivery 'forreceiving the sheetsv directly fromthe carrier, and means includ- 1 mg a traveling conveyer providedwith a gripper mechanismv fontransferring thek sheets fromfthe cylinder tothe carrierfand delivering them theretol with; their freshly printed surfaces facing away` from; the carrier." Y

' 4f.' The combination withiaprinting couple n lone member ofwhich'is acylinder, of a flaty f delivery,- acarrier arranged tocarry the sheets flatwise, means including a traveling f conveyer provided with grippers for transferring the sheets from the .cylinder to the carrier, .said conveyerA moving in pathl above the carrier, 'and means for driving the conveyer and 'carrier in opposite directions. Y e

l5. The combination with a printing cou- .Y

ple vonemember ofk which isa cylinder, of a flat delivery, a set of carrying tapes delivering directly to the delivery, asetjof parallel sprocket'vwheels' and chains,V a transverse Y shaft carried by the chains, grippers on the shaft, actuating Ymeans for the grippers,andmeans for driving the lchains' and tapes in different directions. Y y K 6. The combination with a printing couple ioo - one member of which is aicylinder, of a fiat delivery, a feed-board for delivering sheets.

to the cylinder, a set of carrying tapes delivering directly to the delivery, saidta-pes being located under the feed-board, a set` of parallel sprocket4 wheels and chains, said chains moving in a path above the tapes, a

transverse shaftxcarried by the chains, grip-L pers` on the shaft, actuating' means for grippers, and means forj'driving the chains and. tapes in different directions.

ln testimony whereof,.l have hereunto setV ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of IE'atents, Washington, 20.0.

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